Exam question 4 · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the production of milk by cattle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, produce · To what, where: response, production, milk

This is exam question 4 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 production	det
11	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 milk	case
13	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 production	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 cattle	case
15	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the production of milk	by cattle	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus production=Experiencer
4	produce			milk		nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Milk is produced from birth irrespective of calving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 birth	case
5	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	obl
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 calving	mark
8	calving	calve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 produced	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		Milk		birth		irrespective property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from birth=Material
2	calve	gerund							vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Milk is produced by females following the birth of a calf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 females	case
5	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obl
6	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 females	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 birth	det
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 following	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 calf	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 calf	det
11	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 birth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	females	Milk					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	follow	gerund	females not said here	the birth of a calf					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme

Option 3

Milk is produced by bulls and cows alike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 bulls	case
5	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cows	cc
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bulls	conj
8	alike	alike	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	bulls and cows	Milk				alike property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 4

Milk is produced solely by calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 calves	case
6	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	calves	Milk				solely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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